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Does Finding Nemo have a post-credit scene?

2003 · Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich · 100 min

The answer

Yes — 1 post-credit scene

Yes — stay to the very end. A dedication to animator Glenn McQueen appears after the credits, followed by a short gag in which the tiny green fish from the sharks' meeting is menaced by the anglerfish and simply eats it instead. A separate scene right after the film's title card resolves what happened to the Tank Gang.

Runtime
100 min
Scenes
1
Where to look
After the credits
Verdict
Worth the wait

What actually happens

Yes, Finding Nemo has a post-credits scene — and it also has a scene at the very start of the credits, so the film gives you two reasons not to leave.

The first arrives immediately after 'The End'. Dr. Sherman is complaining to his assistant Barbara about the AquaScum 2003, the automatic tank cleaner he installed, and discovers the tank is empty. The film then cuts to the Tank Gang — Gill, Bloat, Peach, Gurgle, Bubbles, Deb and Jacques — bobbing in the harbour, each still sealed inside his or her own plastic bag, having escaped the office but not the bags. Gill's flat 'Now what?' is the punchline the entire escape plot has been building to. From there the credits proper roll, scored with Robbie Williams' cover of Beyond the Sea, with characters from across the film swimming through the titles.

After the credits finish, two things play. First a dedication card to Glenn McQueen, the Pixar supervising animator who died of melanoma in October 2002 during production; the studio later named Lightning McQueen in Cars after him. Then the actual stinger: the small green fish who was dragged along to the sharks' support-group meeting is drifting in the dark when the anglerfish looms out of the black towards it — and the tiny fish eats the anglerfish. It is about four seconds long and it is the only genuinely post-credits gag in the film.

Is it worth staying for? The Tank Gang scene, yes, unequivocally — without it their entire storyline has no ending, which is precisely why Finding Dory went back and gave them a proper one in its own post-credits scene thirteen years later. The anglerfish gag is a small bonus rather than a reason to sit through eight minutes of credits, but it is the last laugh in the film.

The short version

Is there a post-credit scene in Finding Nemo?
Yes — Finding Nemo has 1 post-credit scene. Yes — stay to the very end. A dedication to animator Glenn McQueen appears after the credits, followed by a short gag in which the tiny green fish from the sharks' meeting is menaced by the anglerfish and simply eats it instead. A separate scene right after the film's title card resolves what happened to the Tank Gang.
Do you need to stay through the credits of Finding Nemo?
Yes. Finding Nemo hides 1 post-credit scene in the credits roll, so leaving when the lights come up means missing it.

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Last updated 2026-08-19 · Verdicts are checked against the theatrical cut. Spotted a change?